Oldenburg-Yesterday,
December 16th, at approximately 9:10 pm, the Indiana State Police
responded to reports of a plane crash in a wooded area in the 5000 Block of
North Hamburg Road that claimed the lives of all three people on board.

The Indiana State
Police were notified when reports came in that an aircraft had crashed and that
the plane possibly caught fire after crashing.Cincinnati Air Traffic Control reported that a plane that was being
tracked disappeared from RADAR in the area where the crash was reported. Officers
arrived on scene and located the fire from the wreckage in a heavily wooded
area behind a residence.Fire personnel
were able to make it to the crash scene and extinguish the flames.

As a result of the
crash, three people were found deceased at the scene along with one deceased
dog.A second dog survived the crash and
showed up at a nearby residence.The dog
was taken to a local veterinarian to be treated for injuries.

The initial investigation
has determined that the single engine Cessna (Tail Number N761YZ) had left
Kansas City, Missouri and was heading to an airport in Frederick, Maryland when
the crash occurred. It is unclear at
this time what caused the plane to crash.

Tomorrow, December
18th, autopsies will be performed on all three victims of the crash.
The victims’ identities will not be released until the Franklin County Coroner’s
Office can confirm their identities and speak with the next of kin.

The Indiana State Police
is conducting a joint investigation with the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).The investigation is ongoing and may take
weeks to complete.

The Indiana State
Police was initially assisted by numerous police and fire departments in
Franklin County as well as the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.